We received over 100 quality startup applicants to the DataBeat Innovation Showdown, one of the highlights of VentureBeat’s second annual big data event (next Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and May 20, in San Francisco).
We've narrowed the pool down to 10 finalists who will present their innovative products or services on day two of DataBeat. They each have 5 minutes to sell our expert panel of judges on how their companies embody, enable, or amplify the very best new ideas in and around big data.
The finalists are in two groups: Early-stage companies (late seed stage to Series A), and midstage companies (Series A to Series B funding). They each have 5 minutes to sell our expert panel of judges on how their company embodies, enables, or amplifies the very best new ideas in and around big data.
Note: There are only a few DataBeat tickets left. Grab yours today.
Judges include:
- Jerry Held, Chairman of the Board, Tamr
- Todd Rumberger, Partner, Foley & Lardner, LLP
- Rajeev Batra, Partner, Mayfield Fund
- Charles Beeler, General Partner, Icon Venture Partners
Early Stage:

6Sense: 6Sense is a predictive-intelligence engine for sales and marketing that helps companies measurably grow their business. 6Sense leverages time-sensitive, behavioral data to identify new prospects that are highly likely to buy, providing insights about when they will buy, how far along they are in the purchase cycle, which products they prefer, and how best to reach them.

Wise.io: Wise.io provides applications for the entire customer lifecycle that apply the power of machine learning to help companies optimize how they acquire, monetize, and retain customers. Wise.io’s solutions are running in production at companies that range from Silicon Valley startups to the largest Fortune 500 corporations.

Prelert, Inc.: Prelert is the anomaly detection company. Its automated, behavioral analytics make it easy for users to uncover real-time insights into the opportunities and risks hidden in massive data sets. Prelert’s downloadable Anomaly Detection software eliminates the need for data scientists, providing value in minutes at the push of a button.

DataPad
NOTE: The fifth early-stage finalist is in stealth mode.
Midstage:

ParStream

SpaceCurve

Context Relevant

Duetto: Duetto delivers dynamic, intelligent revenue strategy solutions to the world's leading hotels, allowing them to maximize profits through superior, actionable data to better manage pricing, revenue and business mix decisions. Leveraging a cutting-edge, cloud-based architecture, combined with a feature-rich product set, Duetto transforms the way hotels price and sell rooms.

DataRPM: DataRPM is an industry pioneer in using Smart Machines for Big Data Discovery. DataRPM's patent-pending technology enables automatic modeling of data from disparate sources using cognitive algorithms, without the need of building manual data warehouses. DataRPM provides a simple natural language question-answering interface to analyze and visualize big data.
You can check out the full DataBeat program here. It's packed with more than 70 industry-leading speakers, high-value discussions, breakouts, exclusive announcements, and brand-new networking sessions. Make sure to register today. Only a few seats remain!
Thanks to the following industry leaders for supporting DataBeat: Intel as Corporate Partner; Looker, MemSQL, New Relic, Tamr, PagerDuty and Loggly as Event Partners; Bottlenose and Prelert as Nest Partners; and Bizzabo as Strategic Partner.
